Clothes carrier



April 17, 1928.

o. KVRE CLOTHES CARRIER /N//E/v raf? Patented pr. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES OLEA KVARE, 0F McINTOSH, MINNESOTA.

cLoTHEs CARRIER.

Application led October 26, 1925.

This invention relates to a clothes carry.-v ing device, such as a trunkor grip, and particularly to such a device arranged to carry garments ordresses in such a lmanner that they will not be creased or wrinkled.Vhen taking short trips, persons commonly pack some ext-ra garments in agrip. It' such garments, particularly ladies, dresses, are folded andplaced in the grip they become quite mussed and creased and usuallynecessitate pressing before being worn. This creasing and mussing ofdresses occurs even if they are in a folded' condition in a gripY for ashort time and is a great inconvenience..

It is an obj ect of this invention, therefore, to provide a clothescarrying device having means on which the garments, such as dresses, aredisposed so that the same may be carried without' creasing or mussing.

It is a further objectY of the invention to provide a clothes carryingdevice having a casing, a carrier therein having a smooth exteriorsurface, such as a cylindrical or partly cylindrical surface about whichtheV Garment is wrapped, means Vbeing provided or holding the garment onthe carrier and foiproperly suppo ting the carrier in the casing. p

It is still a further object of the invention to provide such a clothescarrying device, as set a second carrier the iirst' carrier said secondcarrier also having a smooth exterior surface about which a garment may7be wrapped, means being provided for holding the garment on said secondcarrier .and for properly supportingy said carrier in spaced relation tosaid irst carrier. l

It is more specifically an object of the invention to provide-a clothescarrier comprising a plurality of carriers with smooth exterior surfacesadapted to haveA garments, respectively, wrapped thereon, one or more ofwhich carriers may positions with different sizes of surfaces, togetherwith means forholding the gar'- ments on the carriers and for properlysupporting the carriers in the device and holding the same in' properposition.

These and other objects of the inventionwill be fully set orth in themay be used surrounding following description made in connection withthe accompanying drawings in which forth in the above paragraph in whichand the garments thereorn.

be held in various and advantagesl Serial'No. 64,847.

like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout thediierent'views, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device embodying the invention,being broken away to show the interior;

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section taken substantially on the line2-2 of Fig. 2, as indicated by the arrow, showing the lid in openposition;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 34-3 ofFig. 1, the interior portion and partly in vertical section;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig3, as indicated by the arrows, one of the carriers being shown in openposition; and l Fig.V 5 is a section also'taken substantially on theline of Fig. 3, showing garments on bothcarriers. v Referring to thedrawings, a clothes carrying device is shown comprising an outer casing.While this casing may be acasing of a trunk or other clothes carryingreceptacle, in the. embodiment of the. invention illustrated the same isshown asin the form of a hand grip, said casing being designated G andbeing partly cylindrical in form with flat ends 6"L and a iat bottom 6b..The casing is provided with a lid 7 hinged' along one longitudinaledge, which lid is also flat and substantially of the width of thebottom 6, the same having a iap 7 adapted to extend down over the sideof the casing 6. The lid 7 has secured thereto a bail strap handle 8 ofordinary form, and while any means may be providedvfor holding the lidin closed position, in the embodiment of the invention illustrated, saidhandle is shown as having keepers 81 at its ends through which mayextend the straps 9 having buckles 10 thereon adapted to hold the lid 7in closed position. A carrier 11 is provided in portions thereof` beingshown partly in side elevation desiredA casing 6 having a smoothexterior surface and, while this carrier may be of various forms, in theembodiment ofthe invention it is shown as substantially cylindrical.

Said carrier is closedV at'one end and pro- 6 Cil ing out the objectsabove set forth, in the novel parts and combinations of parts disclosedand defined in the appended claims.

lVhat is claimed is:

l. A clothes-carrying device having in combination, a casing, a-readilyremovable carrier therein having a substantially continuous smoothexterior' peripheral surface adapted to have a garment Wrappedthereabout and supported thereon, means for holding said garment on theexterior of said carrier, and means for supporting said carrier in saidcasing in a stationary positionso that said carrier and garment thereonare spaced from the vWalls of said casing.

2. A clothes carrying device comprising a casing, a removable carriertherein having a substantially smooth exterior surface adapted tosupport a garment on said surface, said carrier being hollow, aremovable lid for said car "ier, means at the ends of said carrier forholding a garment on the exterior thereof, means for supporting the endportions of said carrier and lid in said casing, and means for holdingthe same in a stationary position therein.

3. A clothes-carrying device having in combination, a casing, aremovable substantially cylindrical carrier therein, means for holding agarment Wrapped about the exterior of said carrier, a second readilyremovable and substantially cylindrical carrier surrounding said firstmentioned carrier, and means for supporting and holding said carriers instationary position in said casing in spaced relation and in spacedrelation to said casing.

Al. A clothes-carrying device having in combination, a casing havingsemi-cylin drical sides a plurality of removable nested carriers havingsubstantially smooth exterior surfaces in said casing adapted to havegarments Wrapped thereabout, means for holding said garments on saidcarriers, means for supporting said carriers in spaced relation to eachother and to said casing and a lid hinged along a longitudinal elementof one of said sides.

5. A hand grip having in combination, an elongated casing havingsubstantially semicylindrical sides, a. lid hinged thereon along thelongitudinal element of said casing,` a carrier in said casing having asubstantially smooth exterior peripheral surface adapted to have agarment Wrapped about said surface, means for holding said garment onsaid carrier, and means at the ends of said casing for removablysupporting said carrier spaced from said casing. Y

6. The structure set forth in claim 5, and means on said lid for holdingsaid carrier in stationary position.

7. A hand grip having in combination, an elongated casing, a lid hingedthereon about a longitudinal element thereof, a carrier in said casinghaving a substantially smooth cylindrical exterior surface adapted tohave a garment Wrapped about said surface, means for holding saidgarment on said carrier, a second carrier also having a substantiallysmooth cylindrical exterior surface and surrounding said first mentionedcarrier and adapted to have a garment Wrapped` about its exterior'surface, means for holding a garment on said second carrier, and meansat the ends of said casing for supporting said carriers in spacedrelation and spaced from said casing so that said carriers are readilyremovable.

8. A hand grip having in combination, a casing, a hinged lid thereon, acarrier in said casing having a substantially smooth exterior surfaceadapted to have a garment Wrapped about said surface, means for holdingsaid garment on said carrier, a second carrier also having asubstantially smooth exterior surface and surrounding said firstmentioned carrier and adapted to have a garment Wrapped about itsexterior surface, semi-cylindrical flanges at the ends ofsaid casingrespectively in Which said carriers are supported, and means on said lidfor engaging said carriers and holding the same in stationary position.

9. A clothes carrying device comprising anelongated casing, a readilyremovable carrier therein having a continuous substantially smoothperipheral surface, means for holding a garment on said surface andWrapped about the same and means in said casing for supporting the endsof said carrier so that said surface Aand garment are spaced from theWalls of said casing.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

OLEA KVARE.

